Folding bench.



N0 MODEL.

PATENTED Pplo, 190s. w.l A. K. MARTIN.-

`FQILDING BENCH. APPLIOATIOR FILED SEPT. 25, 1901.-

,2r-Urn UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. K. MARTIN, OF HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING BENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 720,044, dated February 10, 1903.

' Application iled September 25, 1901. Serial No. 76,474. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that LWILLIAM A. K. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Benches, of which improvement the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in folding benches, and has forits object the provision of novel means whereby a bench may be compactly folded.

The present invention has for its further object to provide an adjustable head-rest or side that may be raised or lowered to any desired angle or degree.

A still further object of the present invention is to construct a bench of the abovedescribed character that will be extremely simple in its construction, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter more particularly described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which-e Figure 1 is a front view of a bench constructed in accordance with my improvements. bench in a folded position. Fig. 3 is an end View of the back of the bench, showing the same in folded position. Fig. 4 is a detail View showing the hinged ends of the back.

In the drawings the reference-numeral l represents the base of the bench, which is provided with a series of keepers 2, and 3 represents the back, which is preferably composed of slats and is formed of two sections hinged together, as at 4. i

The reference-numeral 5 represents a series Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the of connecting-strips the ends of which eX- tend in the keepers 2.

The reference-numeral 6 represents an adjustable head-rest, which is hinged at 7. To the under face of the head-rest is secured a lug 8, to which is pivotally connected a rod 9, said rod being adapted to telescope in a cylindrical casing 10, the latter carrying a setscrew l1 at its upper end, and is pivotally connected at 12 to the hinged leg 14, which is hinged at l5 to the under face of the base. The reference-numeral 16 represents the other hinged legs.

It will be seen that the bench, as herein described and shown, may be easily converted in a couch with the adjustable head-rest, the back may be readily removed from the keepers and folded, and the legs may fold under the base, as shown in Eig. 2 of the drawings. In this manner a benchis constructed that may be com pactly folded for the purpose of storing.

vrest, a cylindrical casing connected to one of said legs to receive said rod and means for holding said rod and casing at diffepent relative positions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. K. MARTIN.

In presence of- Louis MoEsEE, R. Lnvis. 

